Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York's Airfield
- Is York Cursed?
- A New Vision For York
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- The Norman Minster
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Rowntree Park
- Norman Window Frame
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- The Abbot's House
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- The Retreat
- A New Walk
- St Martin Le Grand Church